Improvement in carpet-stretchers



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

eIDEoN H. EoED, 0E JEEsEYviLLE, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN 'CARPET-STRETCHERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 158,926, dated January19, 1875; application filed July 30, 1874.

construction of a head-piece with projecting arms, to which atooth-plate may be attached, and the latter controlled in its movementby. a rod connected with tooth-plate, and secured, when desired, to thelever, upon which the head above referred to is placed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of the stretcher, in a .proper.position to be applied to the purpose of stretching the carpet, thesides of the room being represented at Fig. 2 is a front View of the twolevers, to one of which the head-piece, and the metallic frame, andtooth-plate or hook are attached, and to the other lever the foot-pieceis at tached. Fig. 3 is a side view of a portion of the lever, metallicframe, and hook or tooth plate, and the rod connecting the metallicframe and tooth-plate or hook to the lever. Fig. 4 shows a front and endview of the metallic frame and hook, and Fig. 5 a front and end View ofthe head-piece and arms.

A A are two levers. Upon Al is secured the foot-piece c, resting againstthe Wall x, that keeps the two levers in an upright condition. c is thehead-piece, attached to the lever A; b, the metallic frame, with itshook or tooth plate; c, the rod connecting said frame, with the pins c;d d, spaces formed upon and within the lever A', to receive the hook d',

upon the end of lever A; e, a chain connected with the upper end of thelever A', that can be fastened to hooks placed upon the upper side ofthe lever A, as seen in Fig. 1.

The operation is as follows: The carpet is tacked or nailed to the iioorat one side or end of the room, when the stretcher is applied, thefoot-piece resting upon the carpet so tacked and against the wallorpbase-board, the two levers united by means of the hook and spacesabove described, and the metallic frame and hook or tooth plate is inposition, as seen in Fig. 3. rEhe rod cis then drawn back until theframe and hook or tooth plate are in position, (seen in Fig. 1,) andsecurely fastened to the hooks or pins upon lever A. Pressure is thenapplied to the upper end of lever A', that causes the carpet to bestretched and fitted to its proper position upon the ioor, while thechain is adjusted to the hooks upon the lever A, retaining the carpet insuch stretched position until it is secured by nails or tacks.

It will be seen that, before the pressure is applied to the levers, themetallic frame and hook or tooth plate are in line with the force orweight upon the lever A, and not liable to be disengaged from thecarpet. If desired, either or both of said levers may be lengthened bysplicing the same.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The head-piece a and arms a a, in combination with the adjustabletooth-plate b and its connecting-rod c and lever A, thel wholeconstructed, operated, and arranged in the manner and for thel purposeherein set forth.

\ GIDEON H. FORD. Witnesses:

J. C. DARBY, LEWIS RANDOLPH.

